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Screen Australia has announced its latest funding round, with $3 million in production and development funding split between two Indigenous TV projects, eight multiplatform projects, eight feature films, and two individuals and two companies.

The two Indigenous television projects to have received production investment are:

–... ABC TV.s previously announced Indigenous comedy drama series The Warriors. From Robert Connolly's Arenamedia, the show is set in the competitive world of Australian Rules Football, and has major production investment from Screen Australia and funding support from Film Victoria;

–... Nitv documentary Carry The Flag,.which delves into the story behind the Torres Strait Island flag designed by Bernard Namok, from Tamarind Tree Pictures with Screen Queensland and Screen Territory support.

The eight multiplatform projects to have received production investment are:

–... Vr project The Buried, a 3D experience that plunges the viewer into a magical Dreamtime world, from Indigenous writer/director Tyson Mowarin,...

As the country slips into chaos, a strange creature surfaces in a small town in the first trailer for Terminus. This sci-fi thriller from Vertical Entertainment is set for release on January 22, 2016 in theaters and on VOD, going up against The 5th Wave, The Boy and Dirty Grandpa. As you can see in the footage below, the arrival of a mysterious alien changes everything for inhabitants of a sleepy town.

Blinded by the light of a falling meteor, David has a devastating car accident, leading to a profound discovery: an extraterrestrial organism that may contain the secret of life itself. When David goes missing for two days, Annabelle searches for her father only to discover him wandering the forest, without so much as a scratch. David's mysterious reappearance draws the attention of federal authorities and gives Annabelle reason to doubt his sanity.

But David has a new sense of purpose,...

The Tunnel producer Enzo Tedeschi is launching a global online distribution platform for genre movies and series.

Monikered Deadhouse Films, the site will offer content to rent or download-to-own, starting with the 3-part sci-fi web series Airlock produced by Tedeschi.s Distracted Media.

The producer tells If he is in final negotiations to handle two third-party titles. He aims to tap into Distracted Media.s sizable database of genre fans built from The Tunnel and the web series Event Zero.

Funded by Screen Australia and. Distracted Media and directed by Marc Furmie, Airlock stars Dan Mor, Mark Coles Smith, Zoe Carides, Dwaine Stevenson, Brendan Clearkin, Dean Kyrwood and Branden Christine.

The plot follows a derelict space ship which docks with the remote Dakota space station. Lieutenant Jonah Ashbrook (Coles Smith) is charged with leading an investigation into the mysterious deaths of the crew. The discovery of a group of hidden...

The Tunnel producer Enzo Tedeschi is launching a global online distribution platform for genre movies and series.

Monikered Deadhouse Films, the site will offer content to rent or download-to-own, starting with the 3-part sci-fi web series Airlock produced by Tedeschi.s Distracted Media.

The producer tells If he is in final negotiations to handle two third-party titles. He aims to tap into Distracted Media.s sizable database of genre fans built from The Tunnel and the web series Event Zero.

Funded by Screen Australia and. Distracted Media and directed by Marc Furmie, Airlock stars Dan Mor, Mark Coles Smith, Zoe Carides, Dwaine Stevenson, Brendan Clearkin, Dean Kyrwood and Branden Christine.

The plot follows a derelict space ship which docks with the remote Dakota space station. Lieutenant Jonah Ashbrook (Mor) is charged with leading an investigation into the mysterious deaths of the crew. The discovery of a group of hidden refugees...

Projects depicting a fight between Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker, a terrorism attack in Sydney and encounters between renowned Australians and international figures were among the winners of the inaugural Online Video Awards (OVAs). Danny Philippou.s Harry Potter vs Star Wars, which cost just $200 and has been viewed more than 11 million times, took out the top prize at the awards presented during the Open Channel.s Generation Next conference at Docklands on Tuesday night. Philippou wins a trip to YouTube.s Creator Space in Los Angeles to learn from world leaders in online video production and marketing, supported by YouTube. Event Zero, seven interconnected stories about people caught up in a terrorism event at Circular Quay, from Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, creators of The Tunnel, was named best drama series. Alex Light.s Knapsack Bartender, a three-part documentary series that explores weird and wonderful drinking cultures across the world,...

Feature Ryan Lambie 22 Nov 2013 - 06:39

This week's crowdfunding selection includes a miniature sculpting tutorial, a sci-fi web series and a horror videogame documentary...

The sheer number of projects that appear on crowdfunding websites each week means that, inevitably, some great ones slip through the net on occasion. One recent example is The Squidder, artist Ben Templesmith's graphic novel project about an ancient war among tentacled creatures.

Described as Mad Max meets Cthulhu, it's full of Templesmith's typically detailed artwork, and it's been met with a hugely positive response. So positive, in fact, that it's already made more than four times its $18,000 minimum funding goal with 15 days left to run. Nevertheless, we thought we'd mention it here, since it's well worth a look if you enjoyed Templesmith's other work, such as the excellent 30 Days Of Night.

Now, here's this week's selection of other projects, starting with a documentary dedicated...

It was all the way back in June of 2010 that we first came across producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey and their Distracted Media. the young Australian duo were determined to mess with established means of distribution with their feature film The Tunnel, a horror film which they funded by selling individual frames to backers in advance with the stated goal of releasing the completed film for free on BitTorrent when complete. And not only did they do it, but the film was quite good.The Tunnel was followed up by award winning web series Event Zero and they're moving along again now with upcoming scifi series Airlock. When a derelict ship docks with an isolated space station, Security Officer Jonah Wright is tasked with...

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Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter launched in Australia today and one of the first local projects is Airlock, an online science-fiction/thriller series.

The writers/producers, Distracted Media.s Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, aim to raise $100,000 via Kickstarter to supplement Screen Australia.s $350,000 investment.

The 3 x 30 minute series is set in deep space where a derelict ship docks with an isolated space station. The ship isn.t answering radio calls and the scanners show no life forms. Security officer Jonah is sent to investigate and finds the crew murdered and a destitute group of stow-away asylum seekers who have a secret that may threaten humanity. Jonah battles intergalactic racism and prejudices to try to save those he can and warn humanity of the impending alien threat.

Kickstarter.s arrival is not perceived as a threat to Pozible, the Australian crowdfunding platform that launched in 2010. .Pozible was one of the first platforms...

Martin Connor has won best editing in a feature film award at the Australian Screen Editors Awards held over the weekend.

Connor won for his work on Burning Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. The film is constructed with a non-linear storyline.

Connor and Burning Man beat Jill Bilcock for Mental, Dany Cooper for The Sapphires and Jason Ballantine for Wish You Were Here. Read the full list of nominees.

Roberta Horslie was honoured with a lifetime membership, while Sally Fryer and Lawrence Silvstrin were both accredited with Ase titles.

In the advertising category, Drew Thompson won for his edit of the Volkswagen Tiguan’s commercial, Cross Country.

Full list of winners:

Best Editing, Open Content

Event Zero – Episode 4, Julian Harvey

Best Editing in a Short Film

The Wilding, Anthony Cox

Best Editing in a Music Video

‘Bird on the Buffalo’ – Angus Stone, Peter Barton

Best Editing in a Commercial

Volkswagen...

The Australian Screen Editors Guild announced their 2012 award winners at the seventh annual Ase awards held over the weekend.

Affectionately dubbed .The Ellies,. because of the bronze elephant statues awarded to winners, the ceremony aims to honour achievements in editing across all visual mediums.

Held at Notes in Newtown in Sydney on Saturday December 8, the Ellies drew a strong crowd, capping off what Guild President Jason Ballentine described as being a successful year.

.This has been a brilliant year. I think we can all be proud of our association,. he said.

.The Ase further expanded its national presence and is now active in five States. We continued to increase membership numbers, staged outstanding events and forums, offered free training to Members, broadened The Ellies. Award categories and strengthened our partnerships with other Guilds. It's an incredible achievement given everyone on the Executive and State committees volunteers their time around their 'day jobs',...

The Australian Screen Editors’ Guild has added a new category to include online and new content streams to its awards night and announced the nominees for the 2012 Ase Awards.

The announcement:

The Australian Screen Editors’ (Ase) Guild is dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in screen editing across all its forms. It aims to highlight the often invisible art of editing to the public while supporting the people who construct our screen narratives frame by frame.

In 2012 the Ase expanded its activities by opening a new Committee in Brisbane, growing the membership base already established in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide, and expanding its year-round program of seminars, screenings, masterclasses, training days and mentorships. This year the Ase also celebrated its 10th anniversary of Accreditation, the highest honour the Guild can bestow on an editor.

The culmination of the Guild’s year happens at the annual Ase Awards,...

Don’t be afraid, owners of intellectual property. Remakes are a win-win situation for the creators of cult film classics says producer Enzo Tedeschi.

Remakes. They’re everywhere. They’re a constant and no intellectual property is safe. Robocop, Dirty Dancing, Total Recall, Mad Max, even Hitchcock’s The Birds hasn’t escaped the talons of the remake or reboot.

As a film buff, I pitch my tent firmly in the camp of fans who see their much-loved movies as sacred ground. After all, did Spiderman honestly need a reboot just five years after its last sequel?

And will it really be Total Recall without Arnie, or Mad Max without Mel?

As a producer, though, I can totally see why these sorts of remakes, generally of cult classics, are rife. They simply make good business sense: find an intellectual property that could do with some ‘rejuvenation’, plug in the original fanbase and hey presto.